As we enter the busy school holiday period, conditions in the Portes du Soleil are excellent. Chatel has 125 cm of snow at the base, and Avoriaz has 240 cm at the top!
Great piste & off piste skiing conditions to be found everywhere.
We still have a bit of availability for March so contact us if you are interested in a last minute ski holiday to Chatel.
We woke to snow falling today which is always nice. Yesterday I took a spin around Pre La Joux, Linderets and Avoriaz, and pistes conditions were pretty good for the time of year. The off pistes is a bit barren in places, so don’t venture into it on your new planks! However, the piste skiing is great and a lot of the domain is open.
Things start to get busy at the weekend for the festive period, and the good news is that significant snow should be falling early next week!
Enjoy…
A week later than originally scheduled, but the recent snowfall meant that the lifts at Pre La Joux opened for business today.
No crowds, and lovely snow conditions….who can ask for more?
The “Tour de Romandie”, which will be held April 27 to May 2 2010 will end a stage Chatel.
After starting in Porrentruy (Jura), the race will pass by by Freiburg, Moudon, Chatel (France), ending with a big mountain stage and starting and finishing in Sion.
Arriving in Chatel, Saturday 1 May, this will be an event as this is the first time the Tour end a stage on foreign soil.
We haven’t posted here for a while - mostly because we have been so busy taking bookings for next winter. However, we thought you’d want to know that we have had the first nip of winter, with light snow on the mountains and sub zero temperatures in the village.
Good news for skiers! Not so good news for those of us who still have work to finish off outside…!
Visit the Chatel Weather Forecast page for more information.
Good news for everyone planning to holiday in Chatel and the Portes du Soleil. Snowjet have just launched winter flights to Sion airport, which is only 45 minutes away from Chatel.
This will cut down on transfer times significantly.
All flights are from Stanstead Airport and at the moment seem to be in the region of £100 per person each way for the Christmas/New Year weekend.
Visit the Snowjet website for more information.
The Fete du St Laurant was a great success, despite the heavens opening midway through the afternoon. The British expats entered a fantastic float. It was such a hit with the locals that it was invited down to the La Chapelle and the Abondance fetes on subsequent weekends!
This weekend is Chatel’s St Laurant festival - an annual festival celebrating the village’s patron saint.
This is always a colourful and fun day, with floats of all descriptions making circuits of the village centre. This year, however, the British expats have been invited to enter the procession. Are we going to be subtle about things? Absolutely not! Look out for a large red London bus on the streets of Chatel. Possibly similar in quality to the Bejing/London Olympic red bus (although we can’t guarantee David Beckham will be on it).
I will post photos after the event.
At last, some great footage from the Chatel Mountain Style 2009 competition. It was a great weekend of competition with some amazing riding. Enjoy…
This weekend, Chatel will host the 3rd Mountain Style Contest. Once again, the course looks insane, with massive drops offs, near vertical descents and huge gaps.
An impressive international list of riders has been anounced including:
Steve ROMANIUK (Can), Lance MC DERMOTT (UK), Thomas VANDERHAM (Can), Kyle NORBRATEN (Can), Curtis ROBINSON (Can), Dylan DUNKERTON (Can), Sam PILGRIM (Can), Kurtis SORGE (Can), James DOERFLING (Can), Gareth BUELHER (Can), Pascal BREITENSTEIN (Sui), Mischa BREITENSTEIN (Sui), Julien FOURNIER (Sui), Graham AGASSIZ (Can), Antoine DUBOURGNON (Fra), Yoann PACCARD (Fra), Fabien PEDEMANAUD (F), Brandon HOWEY (USA), Cyril KURTZ (Fra), Simon KIRCHMANN (All), Floriane PUGIN (Fra), Joscha FORSTREUTER (All), Robin CHAUVIN (Fra), Damien HUSCZ (Fra), Mike KINRADE (Can), Kyle JAMESON (USA), Daren BERRECLOTH (Can), Ben BOYKO (Can), Bruno PENONE (Fra), Peter HANKE (All), Tristan AMBID (Fra).
The program is as follows:
Friday 3rd July
9h-17h Riders, press and partners welcome.
Site visit.
Pro/Amateurs training “The Face”
Pro/Amateurs training women “The Girly Face”
18h Aperitif Contest presentation
Saturday 4th July
9h-13h Pro/Amateurs training “The Face”
Pro/Amateurs training women “The Girly Face”
14h Ranking run - men and women
Partnership evening party.
19h Dirt Jam
20h Kranked - Revolve movie played on the giant screen.
Party at the Sloopy’s
Sunday 5th July
9h Finals in two runs: men and women
15h Prize giving